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NAEP 1994 U.S. History: A First Look. Findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Download full textWilliams, Paul L.; And Others – 1995
This report is a first look at the results of the 1994 NAEP U.S. History Assessment. It presents national findings of 4th-, 8th-, and 12-grade students' overall performance and summary data for the major demographic subpopulations in the United States. Results are reported on a 500-point scale, used to show comparisons and trends over time, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Isonio, Steven – 1991
In May 1991, Golden West College (California) conducted a validation study of the English portion of the Assessment and Placement Services for Community Colleges (APS), followed by a predictive validity study in July 1991. The initial study was designed to aid in the implementation of the new test at GWC by comparing data on APS use at other…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic)
Reese, Clyde M.; Jerry, Laura; Ballator, Nada – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various academic subjects. The 1996 NAEP in mathematics assessed the current level of mathematical achievement as a mechanism for informing education reform. In 1996, 44…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry
Bobbett, Gordon C.; And Others – 1992
The relationships among factors reported on a set of report cards developed for local school districts in Tennessee were studied. The analysis offers information about how selected factors relate to student outcome. Each year, Tennessee's State Board of Education produces a report card on each school district using data provided by the district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationHerman, Joan – 1992
Using tests to reform education is not a new concept. National and state education policies reflect confidence in the power of assessment to encourage school improvement. New understandings of the nature and context of student learning are shifting the movement away from traditional multiple-choice tests to alternative assessments. The emphasis is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1982
Designed for junior high and high school students and their parents, this brochure explains the structure, function, and method for interpretation of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress. A question and answer format is used to provide information on scope and purposes of the tests, meaning and accuracy…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Claudy, John G.; Appleby, Judith A. – 1982
This module, the fourth of four units about vocational competency measurement, is module 20 in the Vocational Education Curriculum Specialist series. The purpose stated for the document is to help in the validation of a competency test after it has been developed, in the determination of how test results will be reported, and in the consideration…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Inservice Education
Pucel, David J. – 1968
In response to a need for refined methods of appraising the potential of prospective Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) trainees, this study was conducted to determine if descriptive data about trainees being gathered by the employment service, such as personal information and General Aptitude Test Battery scores, are effective…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Vocational Education, Aptitude Tests, Clerical Occupations
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Gorth, William P. – 1971
This paper highlights some special characteristics of criterion-referenced tests while comparing them with norm-referenced tests. Psychometric considerations involved in constructing a criterion-referenced test, including item analysis, reliability, and validity, are discussed, along with application of criterion-referenced testing to individual…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Individualized Instruction
Clark, Gilbert A. – 1972
The research reported here was designed to measure the abilities of school-age children to form and generalize "visual concepts" on the basis of their observation of prepared sets of art reproductions. The art reproduction sets displayed similarities based upon various visual attributes. Discrimination of the attributes common to any…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Art, Children, Classification
Richfield Public Schools, Minn. – 1975
The Richfield Educational Assessment Program is a district-wide effort to collect specific information about the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of students in selected areas. The information collected will be used to help Richfield citizens and educators make decisions for program improvement. The program closely parallels both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Age Differences, Educational Assessment
Beaton, Albert E.; And Others – 1988
This report supplies details of the design and data analysis of the 1986 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to allow the reader to judge the utility of the design, data quality, reasonableness of assumptions, appropriateness of data analyses, and generalizability of inferences made from the data. After an introduction by A. E.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Field Tests
Reese, Clyde M.; Jerry, Laura; Ballator, Nada – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various academic subjects. The 1996 NAEP in mathematics assessed the current level of mathematical achievement as a mechanism for informing education reform. In 1996, 44…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry
Reese, Clyde M.; Jerry, Laura; Ballator, Nada – 1997
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various academic subjects. The 1996 NAEP in mathematics assessed the current level of mathematical achievement as a mechanism for informing education reform. In 1996, 44…
Descriptors: Algebra, Elementary Education, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry
